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F. X. PERRY.

HAME.

No. 472,270,. Patented Apr. 5, 1892.

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FRANK X. PERRY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,270, dated April 5, 1892. Application filed December 7, 1891. Serial No. 414,252. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, FRANK X. PERRY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of \Vorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harnesses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which, in connection with the drawings making a part of this specification, will enable others skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same.

My invention relates to harnesses for draftanimals, and more particularly to the hames and tugs ot' a harness; and the object of my invention is to improve upon the construction of hames and tugs as now ordinarily made, and more particularly to improve upon the manner of attaching the tug to the hame, so as to prevent the tug from wearing or the stitching thereof from ripping.

My invention consists in certain novel features of construction of the hame and tug, as will be hereinafter fully described, and the nature thereof indicated by the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an edge View of one of a pair of hames, of a collar-harness, and the end of one of the tugs attached thereto, looking in the direction of arrow a, Fig. 2, showing my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front View of the hame and tug, looking in the direction of arrow b, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 3 3, looking in the direction of arrow 0, same figure.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents one of the hames of a collar-harness of the ordinary shape and in this instance made of wood, with the sheet-metal strip 1' secured on the outer edge thereof and the eye 2 secured therein for the passage of one of the reins and the ring 3 for supporting the back strap' and the ring 4 at the lower end of the hame for the hamestrap, all of the ordinary construction and arrangement as employed in draft-harnesses. The end of one of the tugs 5 is attached to the hame 1 in the manner which I will now proceed to describe.

Upon the outer edge or face of the hame 1, at a point nearly midway between the ring 3 and the ring 4, is rigidly attached a bowshaped plate or piece of metal 6, the ends 6 of which are firmly secured to the hame by bolts 7, extending through the hame. The bow-shaped portion of the plate 6 extends bev yond the front portion of the hame, as clearly vadepression in the upper surface of the plate 6, so that the upper surface of the plate 6 and the arm 10 will lie in the same plane. The lower end of the arm 10 is fastened by a bolt 11 or otherwise to the front face of the hame 1, as clearlyshown in Figs. 2 and 3. The end 10 of the arm 10 is attached to the plate 6 in this instance by means of the eyebolt 12, in which is supported the ring 13, to which the pole strap or chain is attached. The ends 9 of the swivel-ring 9 are bent outwardly substantially at right angles to the ring portion, as shown in Fig. 3, and hubs 9" are formed on the ends. Through said hubs 9 of the ring 9 extends the bolt 14, which is supported and secured in said hubs. The bolt 14 extends through the loop or eye 5' in the end of the tug 5, thus attaching the tug to the swivel-ring 9 and connecting said tug with the hame. It will thus be seen that by means of the bolt 14, secured in the outer ends of the swivel-ring 9, the tug 5 is free to move on said bolt in a horizontal plane, and by means of the swivel-ring 9, supported in and attached to the plate 6 in the manner above described, the tug 5 is free to be moved up and down in a vertical plane, thus giving a free motion to the tug at the point where it is attached to the hame and at the point Where the greatest strain comes on the stitching which holds together the different layers or thicknesses of leather of which the tug is made.

By attaching the tug 5'to the swivel-ring 9 in the manner above described and as shown in the drawings there is nothing on the inner face of the tug to come in contact with and wear the collar, and this is an important i|nprovement over the ordinary way of attaching tugs to the hames by means of the ordinary eyebolt secured in the end of the tug and which is constantly rubbing and wearing the collar.

A protective plate 15, made of metal, may be combined with the end of the tug to prevent the constant rubbing and friction of the tug on the collar from wearing the tug. The protective plate 15 extends over the inner face or surface of the tug and has flanged edges extending over the upper and lower edge of the tug and holding-lugs 15' for securing the plate to the tug. The lowerflange of the plate 15 preferably extends out to the end of the tug and hasa hole therein, through which the bolt 1% passes, and a metal washer 16, having a rounded edge, is preferably interposed between the flange 15" of the protective plate 15 and the hub 9 on the lower arm 9 of the swivel-ring 9. The object of the metal washer 16 is to prevent the wearing away of the protective plate 15, and in case the protective plate is not used to prevent the wearing of the lower edge of the tug by said hub 9". The protective plate 15 may be dispensed with, if desired, and it may be used in connection with hames and tugs as ordinarily constructed for the purpose of preventing the tug rubbing against the collar and being worn at this point.

I have shown my improvements applied to hames designed to be used on heavy draftharnesses, and more particularly on horsecar harnesses; but it will be seen that my improvements may be equally applied to light carriage-harnesses in which the hame is made entirely of metal and in which the parts of my improvements would be made much lighter than shown in the drawings and the ring 13 would be dispensed with.

The advantages of my improvements will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art.

I provide means for attaching the tugs to the hames, which allows of the free move ment of the tug at its point of attachment and does not bind and hold the same, so as to bring a strain upon the stitching of the tug and cause it to rip and break apart. I also provide means for preventing the tug from being worn at the point where it bears against the collar.

It will be understood that the details of construction of the several parts of my improvements may be varied somewhat from what is shown and described, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The combination, with the hame of a harness, of means for attaching the tug thereto, consisting of a bow-shaped metal plate rigidly attached to the hame and having a groove in its outer edge and a swivel ring or loop supported and held in said groove and adapted to have a pivotal motion on said plate, and a bolt secured in the outwardlybent arms of said loop and adapted to extend through the eye in the end of the tug, substantially as set forth. 2. The combination, with the hame of a harness, of means for attaching the tug thereto, consisting of the bow-shaped metal plate 6, rigidly secured to the hame by bolts 7 or otherwise and having a groove 8 in its outer edge, and the swivel ring or loop 9, supported in said groove and adapted to have apivotal motion on said plate and retained thereon by a hooked-shaped arm 10, secured to the hame, and a bolt 1 1, secured in the outwardly-bent arms 9' of the loop 9 and adapted to extend through the eye in the end of the tug, substantially as set forth.

3. In a harness, the combination, with the hame, abow-shaped m etal plate rigidly secured thereto, having a groove in its outer edge, a swivel ring or loop supported and held in said groove and adapted to have a pivotal motion on said plate, and a bolt secured in the outwardly-bent arms of said swivel ring or loop, of the tug having an eye in the end thereof, through which extends said bolt, and a protective metal plate extending upon the inner side of the tug next to the hame and secured to the tug for the purpose stated, substantially as set forth.

FRANK X. PERRY.

Witnesses:

JOHN G. DEWEY, KATIE FARRELL. 

